Exhibitors are enhancing cooperation with each other at the ongoing fourth China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo (CAETE) which opened on Thursday in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province.
The four-day event, themed "China and Africa: Together Toward Modernization", has brought together representatives from 4,700 Chinese and African companies involving over 30,000 attendees.
All 53 African countries who have established diplomatic ties with China are present at the expo.
Nigerian businessman Oba Kingswill, who has been doing business in China for 17 years, primarily exports agricultural products and mineral resources from Nigeria to China. This time, he has brought a variety of goods from his company, aiming to further expand cooperation opportunities.
"Last year, it was more than 500 million RMB. This year I hope to double it to be 1 billion," Kingswill said.
He noted that in recent years, the bilateral relationship between China and Nigeria has kept deepening, with China continuously improving customs clearance and quarantine processes, making it easier for his company to expand its business in China and steadily increase trade volume.
Earlier this month, China announced that it will grant zero-tariff treatment for 100 percent tariff lines to the 53 African countries having diplomatic relations with it. As a result, an increasing number of African exhibitors are optimistic about business opportunities in China.
As high-quality African products are entering the Chinese market in an accelerated way, Chinese manufacturing and service industries are also utilizing the CAETE as a platform to facilitate their development of international markets.
At the ongoing CAETE, exhibition areas showcasing smart mining and engineering machinery, modern agricultural equipment, and clean energy products from China are attractive to many African business representatives.
Some of the Chinese exhibitors say that the enormous demand for infrastructure construction, commercial development, and livelihood projects in Africa presents significant opportunities for Chinese enterprises.
"In the first quarter of this year, our sales revenue in Africa surpassed 1 billion-yuan, accounting for over 60 percent of last year's total revenue. Our products, such as engineering cranes, aerial work platforms, earth-moving equipment, and agricultural machinery, have achieved great success in Africa," said Li Bin, head of the international business department of a Hunan-based engineering machinery company.
In recent years, China-Africa economic and trade cooperation has kept expanding, achieving a series of new developments.
In 2024, the trade volume between the two sides is projected to reach 295.56 billion U.S. dollars, setting a new historical record, with China remaining Africa's largest trade partner for 16 consecutive years.
In the first four months of 2025, the trade volume between China and Africa reached 103.1 billion U.S. dollars, reflecting an 8.1 percent year-on-year increase.
Exhibitors enhanced cooperation at China-Africa trade expo
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Monday called for advancing full and rigorous Party self-governance with higher standards and more concrete measures.
Xi, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks while addressing the fifth plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) in Beijing.
Xi urged efforts to confine power to an institutional cage in a more well-conceived and effective manner, and press ahead with the anti-corruption fight with a clearer understanding and stronger resolve, thus providing a strong guarantee for achieving the goals and tasks of the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030).
Xi pointed out that in 2025, the CPC Central Committee had intensified efforts to improve Party conduct, uphold integrity and combat corruption, achieving notable results. Xi said efforts were made to maintain a tough stance against corruption and eradicate the breeding grounds and conditions for corruption.
Xi emphasized that implementing the major decisions and plans of the CPC Central Committee is a fundamental requirement for upholding its authority and its centralized, unified leadership.
Party organizations at all levels and Party members and officials should implement the decisions and plans of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee with concrete actions, he said.
Xi noted that confining power to an institutional cage is an important task in exercising full and rigorous Party self-governance.
He stressed that all are equal before the law and regulations, that compliance with them admits no privilege, and that enforcement of the law and regulations allows no exception.
Xi underscored that the fight against corruption is a major struggle that the Party cannot afford to lose, and must never lose.
He said that the current anti-corruption situation remains grave and complex, and that the task of eliminating the soil and conditions breeding corruption remains arduous. Xi added that it is essential to maintain a firm stance to leave corrupt officials with no place to hide.
Stressing the need to stay attuned to new trends and features of corruption, Xi urged efforts to innovate methods and approaches, promptly detect and accurately identify corrupt practices, and effectively address all forms of corruption, so as to continuously enhance the penetrating power of anti-corruption efforts.
He also urged strengthening coordination among all forms of oversight to advance integrated governance through whole-process collaboration, and called for sustained efforts to forge a loyal, upright and responsible disciplinary inspection and supervision force that dares to and is good at fighting against corruption.
Members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi and Ding Xuexiang attended the meeting.
Li Xi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the CCDI, presided over the meeting. On Monday afternoon, on behalf of the standing committee of the CCDI, Li also delivered a work report.
Xi urges advancing Party self-governance with higher standards, more concrete measures
